The Return of Clean
Man, I listened to this Billy Woods album for the entirety of my hiatus and it continues as a mainstay in my morning regiments. Woods is a lyrically dense emcee whose flow owes as much to the delivery of spoken word poets as the classical lyrical emcee cadence. If you dig Can ox, Gil Scott … Read More “Billy Woods-known unknown” »
Shabaam Sahdeeq has been a dope fixture on the indie scene since the late 90’s and as a Graf writer and emcee he is a true culture artists. This recent jawn “Timelessness of the collection” is ear candy for anyone who is a underground hiphop fan. The beats are boombap soul laced production mostly and … Read More “shabaam sahdeeq-Timelessness of the collection” »
Welcome to 2018 people. After a relaxing hiatus it is time to curate some great music and art like only the good folks at bad magics can. To kick things off we get a offering from Raekwon fresh off the heels of his dope release “the wild”. I am still shocked it didn’t get mentioned … Read More “Raekwon -“The Sky” and “The biz”” »
I have been really slammed lately with various work endeavors and I am slowly finding the time to build on great art and my love of hiphop music. As I slowly prepare to continue putting listeners up on some great gems they may be missing with all the clutter of the web and constant stream … Read More “VAST AIRE and BILL COSMIQ -Dark Metropolis” »
UK rapper Ty has a storied career on the british hiphop scene and he continues to impress with this latest offering that takes on the gentrification of his native brixton by pointing out the diversity that proudly makes up the community. The beat is a bright uptempo electro soul sound bed that feels like the … Read More “Ty-Brixton baby” »
This year we found many pioneers in hip-hop adding to their storied catalog with new bodies of work so it is only fitting that Public Enemy deliver some new audible goodness for us all to appreciate. PE dropped their latest “Nothing is Quick in the Desert” for free download a vast contrast to the business … Read More “Public Enemy- Nothing is Quick in the Desert…….” »
Geechi Suede of camp lo has been prolific as of late. This time he hits us off with Remix3s a tribute to the purple one himself and it is pretty dope. Geechi has always been the flashy half of camp lo from a abstract point of view and this does not stray from his style. … Read More “Geechi Suede- Remix3s” »
It always interests me as to how the world interprets music and art that come from our community and culture. Buttering Trio is obviously influenced from the electronic funk sound of Detroit and even the ATL(see organized Noise) and they are from Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel. Their third studio album entitled “threesome” is a smooth … Read More “Buttering Trio- Threesome” »
European Graff artist VENT137 flipped the classic 80’s cartoon style popularized in school house rock and late 70’s illustrations into awesome graffiti pieces. ENJOY!
This kid L.O.U. from queens is yet another good lyrical emcee to represent for NY in the truest of fashions. Many folks call this brand of hip-hop nostalgia rap and I find that ridiculous because if they listen this new generation has a different rhythm to their cadence and flow even though they pick classic … Read More “L.O.U from queens- Extasy (video directed by crazy al cayne)” »
